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The top Google result on xylitol is from WebMD and states: "Overview. Xylitol is a natural sugar alcohol found in plants, including many fruits and vegetables"
by Covzire 2y ago
The top Google result on xylitol is from WebMD and states: "Overview. Xylitol is a natural sugar alcohol found in plants, including many fruits and vegetables"
Why should anyone worry about this substance in low doses?
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- kevingadd 2y agoWe already know overexposure to sugar can have negative effects, so it seems reasonable to evaluate whether a widely used sugar substitute could be bad if consumed in large enough quantities. i.e. someone has soda with artificial sweeteners once a day, and then they consume some baked goods during breakfast that were made with an artificial sweetener instead of sugar, and maybe it's included in their mouthwash or something.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoBotulinum is also natural, but micrograms of the stuff is lethal.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoIf botulinum were found in plants, including many fruits and vegetables that we eat on a regular basis, I would also question how bad it could be.
- dvh 2y agohttps://youtu.be/K5v61YtDYo4 https://youtu.be/K5v61YtDYo4
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- inglor_cz 2y agoIt won't give you acute disease, but whether it acts as a chronic poison is a different story, and much hard to disentangle. We are a long-lived species, way more so than most mammals. Consuming some substance for 30 years will have a different effect on us than on normal forest critters, which mostly don't live to be 30.